There are two kinds of people in this world, cake people and pie people. I married into a pie family, but have always been a cake person. If given a choice between pie and cake, my girls would choose cake, as well. Don’t get me wrong, my girls and I would never turn pie away, but if given a choice…

I have been making my own milk kefir since a friend was kind enough to share her grains with me over 8 months ago. Taking care of kefir is a big responsibility. It is a lot like taking care of a pet. Kefir grains need to be nourished every day, or every other day. I nourish, or feed my kefir with organic 2% milk, and my kefir is really happy, and tastes delicious. Since I started making kefir, I have baked bread with it, and made countless smoothies. I also drink a cup of it plain most mornings before a meal.

The other day I was reading again, about how you can use milk kefir, as a replacement for sour milk or buttermilk in most recipes, and decided to try it out. This recipe is inspired by the chocolate buttermilk cake recipe in The Fanny Farmer Cookbook.

Kefir Chocolate Raspberry Layer Cake

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Recipe type: Dessert

Author: Jillian

Serves: 4-6

Ingredients

1 1/3 cup unbleached all purpose flour

1/3 cup whole wheat flour

3/4 cup sugar(I used organic raw cane sugar)(it is going to taste the same no matter what sugar you use)

4 Responses so far.

Hi Vanessa, Thank you for reading my bog and taking time to post. I am happy that you made some adjustments to fit your life, and that the cake turned out excellent. Please keep reading and posting when you make something, I would love to hear from you.

No eggs? What’s the texture like? “Cut into 4-6 pieces”? Oh my gosh if I only had the nerve to cut such huge pieces out of a 9×13 inch pan! I’m tempted to try this cake but afraid of a cake with no eggs… does it taste “normal”? Thank you!

Laurie, I hope you make this cake. Everything I have made from Fanny Farmer has been terrific. This cake is chocolaty and moist and delicious. I brought it to our local fermentation festival, and passed pieces of it out and everyone enjoyed it. Let me know if you make it & how you like it. Thanks for reading and commenting! Jillian